Improved snap-hook



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JONATHAN BAILEY, OF EAST TROY, WISOON SIN IMPROVED SNAP-HOOK.

i Specification forming part. of Letters Patent No. l17,690. dated May16, 1865.

To alla/hom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONATHAN BAILEY, of East Troy, county of Walworth,and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and Improved Snap-Hook orFastening, of which the following is a full and complete descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of 'this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the application or attachment ofa sliding bolt, operated by a spiral spring, to a snap hook in such amanner that it may be readily Withdrawn for the purpose of connecting itwith the bit or otherwise, and which affords greater security againstliability to accidental disengagement.

Arepresents theV main body of the hook, which is attached to the harnessat O. B is a sliding bolt Working through the projections ot' the hook XY, and is kept in a closedV postion by the spiral spring D, coiledaround it.

The bolt is withdrawn by means ofthe knob E, attached thereto andWorking through the slot F. B and E show the position of the bolt andknob when Withdrawn for the pur- I pose of connecting or disconnectingit with something else.

For the purpose of greater strength and security the bolt is made toenter the end of the hook at z about an eighth part of :an inch, a holebeing made for that purpose of the same size as the bolt.

The inventor reserves the right to inclose the bolt and spiral spring inorder to protect them from the Weather or other external injury, andalso to change the knob to the end of the bolt and omit the slot.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patenty Thecombination of the sliding bolt with the snap-hook and spiral springcoiled around the bolt, as described, for the purpos e forth.

' JONATHAN BAILEY,

By G. B. HOLDEN,q

Hi8 Attorney.

Witnesses:

G. W. SMITH, N H. KING.

